Chapter 152: Charge after Lure
But it’s no wonder.
Those devils from hell formed such a dense siege formation, which was a perfect target for the light catapults that could fire shotgun shells and attack the densely packed enemies!
A light catapult that can throw twenty or thirty pebbles at a time is the best weapon against these dense siege formations.
"Crack!"
Just as Shen Mu was watching the bloody and broken devils from hell reorganizing themselves and marching towards the city wall.
There was not much worry or fear on his face.
Because the two light crossbows above the city gate and the light catapults on the arrow towers on the left and right sides once again fired spears and scattered stones.
And the three hundred Vikia archers once again brought down large numbers of hell demons.
Especially those archers and light ballista operators.
It was even aimed at those inferior devils who carried ladders on their shoulders.
Because everyone knew that if they killed these inferior demons carrying ladders, the ladders on their shoulders would not be able to be placed on the city wall.
In this way, the city wall will be quite safe.
It is impossible for those low-level devils holding scimitars, and the taller middle-level devils wearing more sophisticated leather armor, to appear on the city wall out of thin air.
This will slow down the time it takes for the city wall to be captured.
Let these long-range shooters be able to kill more of the devil troops.
Perhaps we can completely shoot and kill most of the demons before they get close to the city wall, thus minimizing the siege pressure faced by the city wall.
So under the command of Resarit in front, the archers on the city walls, the Swadian light infantry, and the Vikia civilians did just that.
At this time they all understood that only by doing so could they bring more vitality to themselves.
That's why arrows rained down.
In addition, the light crossbows and light catapults continued to bombard the devils from hell.
The Hell Devil Troops, which had originally been arranged in a tight formation and were attempting to approach the city wall, were suffering increasing losses.
Especially those inferior devils who were the first to rush over here carrying ladders suffered heavy losses.
As a result, the inferior devils at the back had to move forward to continuously replace their inferior devil companions who were being shot to death every moment, in order to keep these ladders approaching the city wall.
Only then can we complete the tasks of these inferior devils.
Even if it costs their lives, they must clear a path to the city wall for these low-level devil troops behind them.
This is the task that these inferior devils must do.
Of course, it also includes rushing up the ladders first after filling the road to consume the firepower of the defenders on the city wall.
Use your own life to consume the initial and quite deadly resistance of the human defenders.
To prevent the low-level devils behind them, numbering only more than a thousand, from suffering too many losses.
After all, for the devil race, inferior devils are a level of devil that is worse than low-level devils.
Because inferior devils are devils born from insufficient soul fragments and soul worms, they are born with many deficiencies and can be said to be deformed premature babies.
In a way, it's not really the devil at all.
Because a real devil is definitely a low-level devil when he is born.
Only then can you be promoted step by step to a medium devil and a high devil.
The inferior devil itself is an unqualified defective product.
Even its birth is so defective, shouldn't it be called an inferior devil?
Unless these inferior devils can absorb more soul fragments and eat more soul worms, they can become complete and turn into low-level devils.
Otherwise, it would be better to be consumed on the battlefield and become consumables and cannon fodder.
It would be better to transform into a pile of soul fragments again, and then transform into a soul worm from the Styx, and have a chance to become a real low-level devil.
In other words, the number of devils is really small, so these inferior devils are needed to serve as cannon fodder.
Otherwise, these inferior devils are no match for the parasitic monsters created by the devils through special means.
It is so cruel in the devil's hierarchy.
So most of the dead now are inferior devils, but these inferior devils are still urged by the low and medium devils behind them to continue moving forward and use their lives to exchange for advantages on the battlefield.
There was no consideration at all as to how many of these inferior demons would survive in the end.
In other words, the fate of these inferior devils is to let more and more of them die, turning into more soul worms that can be born in the Styx and then upgraded to low-level devils.
"Kill, kill, kill, kill!"
These inferior devils also know their fate because they are defective products and incomplete devils.
So everyone is willing to die.
Without any fear at all, he carried the ladder and rushed towards the city wall again.
Finally, he tried hard to face the heavy rain of arrows and leaned the ladder against the city wall.
"boom!"
With the sound of the ladder being placed on the city wall.
It also shows that the ten-meter-long ladder finally formed a connection between the ground and the top of the city wall.
It also represents the devil troops behind them that have already suffered heavy losses in the pouring rain.
It's time to launch the attack!
"Stone and wood prepare!"
At this moment, Resarit on the city wall was loudly reminding the defenders on the city wall.
Then the Swadian light infantry and the Vikian civilians raised the stones and wood in their hands, looked at the dozen ladders built on the city wall, leaning diagonally between the uneven battlements, and prepared to throw.
The main target was the inferior demons that came to the ladder and swarmed up and were climbing quickly.
Throw it hard.
Whether it was stone or wood, they were used directly on the ladder to smash the devils down alive.
Together with the surrounding Vikia archers who noticed that the situation on the battlefield was becoming increasingly intense, they began to rapidly shoot a rain of arrows at the devil that appeared on the ladder.
For a moment, those devils from hell were blocked between the city wall and the ladder.
A ladder is also a good thing.
Whether they are inferior devils or low-level devils, they will start attacking them along the ladder.
At this time, just focus all your attention on the ladder.
Then we can kill those demons right in front of us.
The ladder is not only an important passage for the demons to connect to the city wall, but also a single-plank bridge of death that requires lives to climb.
There weren't enough casualties.
I just wanted to quickly get to the city wall using the ladder.
That's obviously impossible!
In order to prevent the outer city wall from being breached, Shen Mu deployed all the troops he could.
So as the demonic troops began to snake their way up the ladders to the city walls, the Vaegir archers, the Swadian light infantry who were lifting stones and wood, and the Vaegir civilians.
Let these devils from hell taste the tragic price of siege.
For the attackers, they are already at an absolute disadvantage. Even if their troops outnumber the defenders, they are still in a weak position.
So within a short period of time.
Even the dozen or so siege ladders leaning against the battlements of the city wall could provide these hellish devils with a passage to climb up the wall.
But there is still no way.
As long as these hell demons come to the ladder, they will be fired upon by the Vikia archers.
Even some low-level demons came to the ladder near the city wall.
The Swadian light infantry and Vikia civilians who picked up stones and wood would also throw them down mercilessly at the hellish demons that were approaching them on the ladders.
As the heavy stones and wood hit the ladder heavily.
Although there was no way to destroy the ladder directly, he could follow the direction of the ladder and smash it on the hell demons that were close to him.
Heavy stones and wood would also turn those hellish demons that seemed to be covered in muscles into wailing little lambs that were smashed down.
There is no power to resist at all.
For these low-level demons, they are still in a battle at the fictional historical level. Facing stones the size of human heads and whole logs used as pillars, if they fall down, they will suffer fatal injuries.
Moreover, even if they came to a siege battle at the low or medium demon level, these low-level demons would be faced with stones the size of a human head and whole logs of wood.
That would be extremely traumatic.
"Everyone hold on, you must hold on! Don't be stingy and throw all the stones and wood you have!"
Resarit was still shouting loudly on the city wall, signaling the Swadian light infantry and Vidian civilians to throw stones and wood out faster.
To resist the devils from hell who are still at the bottom of the ladder and are quickly climbing up the city wall above the ladder.
Prevent them from entering the city wall in the shortest possible time.
Resarit also understood that if the Swadian light infantry he had engaged in hand-to-hand combat with those lower-level devils from hell who were obviously stronger, then the heavy losses would definitely be suffered by these Swadian light infantry.
As for the Vikia civilians, Resarit didn't take them into consideration at all.
If these civilian units encountered these low-level devils.
I'm afraid that even if I stab them with a sharp pitchfork, it will only cause some small wounds to these low-level devils, and then they will be easily slaughtered by the devils with scimitars.
Civilian units are civilian units, and they want to fight against those hellish demons that are like professional killers in the war.
That was obviously unwise. "But looking at the stupidity of these hell demons when they attacked the city, it seems that as long as I attract the main attention of these hell demons here, the rest can be handed over to Bestur and Airen."
At this time, Resarit also lifted up the heavy stone and threw it hard downwards.
As the heavy stone hit the ladder that was already cracked.
It immediately rolled down the ladder's wooden handle like a rolling stone, and then knocked four or five inferior devils along the way off the ladder, smashing them heavily under the ladder.
After killing two more inferior demons, it fell to the ground with a clang.
As for the ground, there was already an unlucky inferior devil whose half body had been smashed by the stone.
I saw wailing sounds, and then the sound became weaker and weaker, and finally there was no sound at all.
Completely dead.
This is not an exception, but a very common scene around these dozen ladders.
But some people were not killed by stones.
Instead, it was laid horizontally, and seven or eight Swadian light infantrymen and Vikia civilians carried the long piece of wood and let it roll down the slope of the city wall made of three or four ladders.
Smashed to death more hell demons on or below the ladder.
But at this moment, Resarit also withdrew his gaze.
"The sound of horse hooves."
A rumbling sound like thunder came to Resarit's ears.
Subconsciously turned my head.
He saw that just at the edge of the city wall, the Kugit grassland bandits who had originally been dispersed now formed into groups of three or four and rushed over on horseback.
And the speed is quite fast.
They quickly approached the demons again, thinking they had already dispersed them and had reorganized their formation to focus on attacking the city.
The grassland bandits, led by Bestur, all had excited looks on their faces.
There wasn't much of the discomfort or fear of being driven away before.
Instead, they all raised their nomadic bows, looked at those devils from hell who were rushing towards them with astonished and angry eyes and raised their scimitars, trying to drive away them again.
The excitement on everyone's face condensed into a kind of hideous and mocking smile.
Then he raised the nomadic bow that had been pulled into a full circle and shot out the feather arrows one by one.
'Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!'
Then there were sharp sounds of breaking through the air.
Then, along with the shrill sound of breaking through the air, feather arrows appeared and pierced the bodies of the inferior or low-level demons who were holding scimitars and trying to drive them away.
The devils from hell who were caught off guard fell to the ground one by one and fell asleep as if they were extremely sleepy.
At this time, Bestur was still riding his horse quickly past.
Including the Kugit grassland bandits behind him, they were also galloping on their horses at an extremely fast speed, sweeping past the edge of the hellish devil formation like a gust of wind.
It was as if a strong wind had blown past the formation of these devils from hell.
In the moment of passing by, he raised the nomadic bow in his hand and shot the black shadows formed by deadly feather arrows to kill the devils from hell who dared to appear within their outer range.
Let those devils from hell die in droves.
Even compared to before.
These hell devils had let down their guard and just wanted to drive away these human cavalrymen. They did not want these human cavalrymen to get close to them. They never expected that this time the arrows shot by the Kugit grassland bandits led by Bestur were more secretive and more deadly!
Some of the Kugit grassland bandits even pulled the nomadic bows in their hands when they were within 10 meters of those hell demons.
'Whoosh! '
Then, at such a close distance, it was like a precise shot, hitting the heads of those devils from hell.
He directly nailed the sharp feather arrows in his quiver into the heads of these devils from hell.
It was a headshot straight away.
These devils, no matter they were inferior or low-level devils, had never expected this and all fell to the ground because of such close shooting.
No one would have thought that these Kugit grassland bandits could have such accurate shooting skills, and after shooting, they would shake the reins of the grassland horses under their crotch, causing these war horses that were accustomed to the flat environment of the grassland to quickly escape from the battlefield.
All that was left was the body of a hellish devil with an arrow shot in the head, chest, or even neck, less than 10 meters away from them.
This also made the devils in hell even more angry.
This really seems like a provocation and a humiliation.
In the past, these hell demons had never encountered such a killing method, and then quickly left, as if they were escaping with the kite-riding shooting tactics.
After all, in the bloody battle, the fight between them and the abyss demons was simply a head-on killing.
Even these hell devils know how to resist the attacks of the abyss demons head-on when attacking the abyss demons, and then attack the most vulnerable parts of these demons from the back or sides, and then rely on their high organization and discipline to launch tactical strikes.
However, this kind of cunning tactical attack in individual mode is the first time I have seen it.
Moreover, whether it is the abyss demons or the humans they come into contact with, or the orcs, dwarves, elves, or even the wild humanoid races they come into contact with.
None of them used bows and arrows while riding on horses, and there was no direct contact or close combat, but only the tactic of shooting arrows from a distance while riding on horses.
None of them!
And in the eyes of these hellish demons.
These human cavalrymen who rode on horseback and fought with bows and arrows had extremely sophisticated archery skills and were very lethal.
But as long as he led his troops to charge forward, even at a distance of three or four meters, those human cavalry would be able to draw out their spears and stab them at any time.
These devils from hell discovered that the cavalry had no intention of stabbing them with their spears.
Instead, he turned his horse around and left.
They looked like a bunch of flies, making these devils from hell feel very uncomfortable, angry, and growing more and more frustrated.
Then these devils from hell became aroused and started chasing the Kugit grassland bandits with their scimitars raised high.
In the cognition of these hell devils, no matter they are low-level devils or medium-level devils, they all unanimously believe that as long as they rush forward, those human cavalry will flee in fear and will not engage in close combat with them at all.
Therefore, as long as he rushed forward, those human cavalry would flee in fear.
Same as before.
So much so that when these devils from hell began to chase the Kugit grassland bandits, they did not notice that their formation was becoming increasingly scattered and the distance of their pursuit was getting deeper and deeper.
Even many demons from hell have left the main force.
It was a mess, just like a bunch of dark red wolves chasing those poor little white sheep of the human race.
These hell devils still thought that just like before, only two or three lowest-level inferior devils could chase seven or eight human cavalrymen, and they looked like they wanted to kill all of them.
It has been a long time since I saw those Kugit grassland bandits riding horses and fleeing quickly in front of me. From time to time, they turned their heads to look at me with laughter and excitement in their eyes.
It was as if he saw a group of idiots chasing him, and he couldn't help laughing.
That’s right, in the eyes of these Kugit grassland bandits, these devils from hell are really no different from idiots.
You have to know that on the continent of Calradia, even the stupidest lord or commander would not let his troops disperse to chase after the archers who grew up on the grasslands.
Because everyone knew clearly that once they dispersed their infantry formations and let their infantrymen chase and kill these Kugit nomads in a disorderly manner.
Then once they step into the trap set specifically for them by the Kugit nomads.
Later, the Kugit heavy lancers wearing heavy armor will appear.
This is a fact recognized by every kingdom and power on the continent of Calradia.
This is also the truth that these devils from hell do not understand at all.
‘Boom! ’
At this moment, suddenly these scattered devils from hell seemed to realize something and subconsciously looked towards the south city wall.
To be precise, it should be the corner of the south city wall.
Because right there, they suddenly seemed to hear more dense, rolling thunder in their ears...
The sound of horse hooves hitting the ground!
So much so that all the devils from hell realized that something seemed to be wrong.
"The Knights of the Holy Tree!"
"charge!"
But at this moment, at the corner of the city wall, Ailen took the lead and rushed to the front.
He rode a Vigia warhorse covered in heavy chain mail, holding high in his hand a knight's sword that was shining with white light.
He led the Holy Tree Knights and Holy Tree Cavalry, who were also wearing heavy chain mail and plate chain mail, and they all went around the corner of the city wall with a roar.
Then the classic cavalry spearhead formation was formed.
Facing these hell demons that have already scattered and are in disarray with no formation at all.
He rushed over without hesitation!
And right behind these Holy Tree Knights and Holy Tree Cavalry, the Kugit grassland bandits who had originally fled put away their nomadic bows and raised their spears one by one.
He began to follow the Holy Tree Knights and Holy Tree Cavalry and launched a charge together.
They were also howling with excitement.
Looking at those devils from hell who were caught off guard, with astonishment and fear in their eyes.
He urged the warhorse under his crotch to speed up the charge.
The speed of the charge...
Pulled to the highest!
(End of this chapter)
